Warrington exacted sweet revenge for their Wembley heartbreak by denying Hull the chance of the treble in the final round of the regular Super League season.

A 23-6 victory at the KCOM Stadium enabled the Wolves to lift the League Leaders' Shield for the second time in six years and earn themselves home advantage in next week's semi-finals against St Helens in their pursuit of a maiden Grand Final triumph.

Hull, who had hoped to gain their first top-of-the-table finish since 1983, will now be away to Wigan in the last four after a third defeat in four Super 8s matches since their Challenge Cup triumph condemned them to third place in the table.

Warrington Wolves celebrate winning the League Leaders' Shield against Hull

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Warrington had missed a glorious chance to secure top spot with a game to spare after squandering a big lead against Wigan a week earlier but this time made no mistake.

They led 10-0 at half-time and, unlike at Wembley where they let slip the same advantage, saw out the victory, largely through the boot of Dec Patton who kicked three second-half penalties and a drop goal and converted the second of two tries by former Hull favourite Tom Lineham.

Even without Ben Currie and Kurt Gidley, two of their leading lights this season, the Wolves dominated most phases of the game, with Stefan Ratchford demonstrating his invaluable versatility by calling the shots after being switched from full-back to the heart of the action and they made a perfect start with tries for both their recalled wingers inside 13 minutes.

Matty Russell, who was a constant threat from full-back, came up with the first clean break of the match and the supporting Ratchford put in a precise kick to the corner for Lineham to open the scoring on his first appearance for two months.

Six minutes later left winger Kevin Penny gratefully accepted a suspiciously forward pass from second rower Jack Hughes to double the Wolves score.

Patton was unable to convert the tries but he increased his side's lead to 10-0 on 15 minutes with a penalty.

Hull's hopes were further hit when inspirational captain Gareth Ellis was forced off with a head injury but he was able to return 14 minutes before half-time following a concussion assessment and he went closest to scoring for the home side in the first half when he was held up on his back a minute before the break.

It was a sure sign of the Black and Whites finally getting their act together and they drew first blood in the second half when stand-off Carlos Tuimavave sliced through a hole in the visitors' defence to score their first try.

Marc Sneyd's conversion made it 10-6 and Hull ought to have been at least level when full-back Jamie Shaul broke clear from deep inside his own half but, with men in support, opted to pass to prop Scott Taylor instead of backing himself and Lineham brought the big man down five metres short of the line.

Warrington made the most of the escape, extending their lead with two more penalties, and they had a chance to go further ahead with Shaul hauling Lineham down inches short at the corner.

Patton strengthened the Wolves' grip with a third penalty before Lineham pounced on a Hull handling error to score his second try.